Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-17
TORONTO In TROUBLE
OVER THE PROBABILITY OF RIOT
AND SLOODSHED.


Letter from Lansdo"ne-A suggest
i've Incident in Quebec
| roo, p.,v The ;,,,r,ss;on eraa.a.I
hv Sat,r,,.v,s p,ass-rnaatinor IS one Of abso-
| int co,,;ct;on that q riot will follow if Mr.
| O-Rr;an insists ON sneakinp Every hall is
-, - hin, .,d on or.a, oil, ,r,.at;no, is the
univ aI,arn,,,v, hatwaan faib,rs here and the
| ;,,s;s,,,,e.o ,.,,, fro, srae..b Mr. O,Rrien WAS
exuactei 10 arrive here by the S O'Clock a. m
train Monday. but he did not come. His alb
sapca xas partiv due tn the dispatcbes be,
twaan him and the committee of the National
les.,ua crossing each other He had tele-
erapbed P,,siden, t A MuIlipan to saw he
| would leave Montreal on Sunday night II he
| @ desired The answer yas. aCome at once
| Ior5 IapsJoupa &c stiu here TN, e-uest of
| the lieutenant governor of Ontario. Mayor
Rowland has expressed his official inability
| to prevent a riot in view of the strong preiu-
dice which has been wrought to a high pitch
hv Professor Goodwin Smiths anti-N National
| Isl sfsech.
The situation NAV I've briefly condensed by
| the following. figures: The Sons of England a
secret society. has ~. 40 members, the Orange
element IL Wsi Ouean's Own Rifles | 7ttn; the
| Grenadiers |. 40; the contingent nf the Do
minlon regular force, 100; the governor gen
erals body guard 400. and the Iplice force,
under command of Col GraSsett. formerly of
the British army $50. total & TO armed men.
The r,,unt, Of Work with lis detschments of
| orap,,ap,,r otto from Ecliufeton Work
,;lIa Nav,na,l,a. and HoIjand-srh,s.ls of
| Toronto estimated at : oO mora Aqaiust
This the Nationalist aIamapt ga, show NOT
| ro,ra no., = NM man s,nc-rI.rlv apouo,h tha
,,.,.,;..,,t ~ ,t, l,,,,o = lou ,srt,,r If ii,
| Jobp McDo,ai5 the Dominion nramier
| t;,o,r,e NJ HARRINGTON a m.mhar of the
exa,.ntive committee said Monday that the
sans, of tho Is.,,r,,a * that Mr. O-R,ian should
have tb.. r,.,bi IN axsrc,sa FREE. sr.-a.b AT all
| bay.r4s and that will t.a insista.I unnn at all
coste ANY 81 h..r v-ia1x than tins un,ld nlac,a
~, l.,orr,,., H.. m faIs, ,..i,;o ui.h tho
80, ..IY l., -, a., - ~ ,,,a
r.asce h.. sad ar If comes If will NOT
r.. from, ,s but that II vii, coma
IS a fora,.,o,. .nncl,,sinp Wbetber Mr. O-Rrian
| will ha hoard ar not the attemnt will be n,ade
We arr. o,,it. r,.a5,- IN hsIiava that If &c ord
| Ians,iovna,s visb that he shouId ha heard
but the situation is beyond his personal inf,u,
ence tn sion "a severe riot when if once heerins
|
make an address at the hotel befora a fav
members but that wopid he a hackdoYp nj
| terry incnrupatihle with our 1osition The
bows will ralls around O'Brien to a man. 1
can scarcely see the end of it, but fear it
| will ha "A hlnpdy one MANY citizens who are
| oppnS.,.t to the leat1I. believe MIR OBrien
should ~ f,r,,t.-.t.sI F,y the whole military
force If necessary hut rs that is composed
three out If tive OF the men belong to the
Orange order. Or to the SINS Of England and
their ideas Of ,rg.vtion will scarcely be real
ized"
President Mulligan. of the league said.
| II ord I.aus4Iowne's alleged desire 10 give Mr.
O'Brien a fair show comes too late in the day.
The arrangements to hold the meeting in St
| Andrews hall. which is owned by the city,
| were compIated last Wednesday between the
league cctnmittee and ald.rrnan Irwin chair
mon ,f tho ,,,,-,,orstion ,,r,na,t,- committee.
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| :.
| Laiis'''" I'VE ~ 'he 's''nu "lNfi'e ohe city'
| mat Same evening ne tndnce' the colich Ia
break the engagement Ia which their com
mittee was pledged II Lord IanSdowne had
been desirous Of giving MIR O'Eu-n fair play